Politics LIVE: Nigel Farage to make huge migration announcement at 10:30am
Nigel Farage will set out plans for mass deportations of small boat migrants if he wins power in a press conference this morning.
The Reform UK leader will unveil proposals including arresting asylum seekers on arrival, automatic detention and forced deportation to countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea.
They also include deals with third countries, which could include reviving the Conservatives' Rwanda agreement, and sending Channel migrants to British overseas territories such as Ascension Island as a "fallback" option.
The Clacton MP said the plans could see hundreds of thousands of people deported and five charter flights taking off from the UK every day.
It comes as more than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year in a record for this point as protests have been erupting outside hotels housing asylum seekers.
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